When the CCTV TV series "Hongqi Canal" was broadcast to the last episode, the secretary of the provincial party committee brought two good news to the Linxian County CPC Committee, one was to fund them with 2 million yuan of funds for the construction of the canal, and the other thing was that they embezzled special funds for the construction of the Hongqi Canal, which was fully affirmed by the leaders in charge of finance and trade of the central authorities, saying that they dared to break the rules and regulations and dare to think and dare to do things for the benefit of the people, not only did they not make mistakes but they were meritorious, which made the comrades in Linxian County very happy.
The leader of the central government in charge of finance and trade was Li Xiannian, a revolutionary of the older generation and then vice premier of the State Council. When someone reported to Li Xiannian that LinXian had embezzled special funds to build the Hongqi Canal, he said: "This is not a big problem, don't think about it so seriously." It makes sense to move this money. "It reassured the cadres of LinXian County at that time, and also provided strong support for the construction of the Hongqi Canal." According to records, from 1963 to 1991, Li Xiannian had 19 written instructions on the construction of the Hongqi Canal, the spirit of the Hongqi Canal, and Yang Gui (the former secretary of the Linxian County CPC Committee), and there were more than 30 speeches to Linxian Work and Yang Gui on various occasions.
Li Xiannian accompanied foreign guests to visit the Hongqi Canal and spoke highly of the people of Linxian County for overcoming many difficulties in building the "Artificial Tianhe" Hongqi Canal. In 1990, he wrote the title "Mountain Monument" for the Hongqiqu feature film, and in 1992, he wrote the inscription for the Hongqiqu: "Carry forward the spirit of the Hongqiqu and build a new socialist countryside." Li Xiannian gave a lot of care and support to the construction, development and utilization, publicity and promotion, and spiritual inheritance of the Hongqi Canal, showing the feelings of the older generation of revolutionaries who are concerned about the warmth and coldness of the masses and the happiness of the people, showing the high wind and bright festival of seeking truth from facts and taking responsibility for those who are responsible, so that people can admire and let people remember!